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Analysis of lightning occurence in Zambia

This paper presents analysis of human observations on thunder days in five regional centers in Zambia. The regions covered are specifically of interest to aviation industry. The variation pattern of monthly thunder days show that the lightning activity has well-detectable oscillatory pattern over th...

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Main Authors: Nyambe, Silumelume H., Lubasi, Foster Chileshe, Gomes, Chandima, Gomes, Ashen
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: IEEE (IEEE Xplore) 2014
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32676/1/32676.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.326762015-09-03T01:01:32Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32676/ Analysis of lightning occurence in Zambia Nyambe, Silumelume H. Lubasi, Foster Chileshe Gomes, Chandima Gomes, Ashen This paper presents analysis of human observations on thunder days in five regional centers in Zambia. The regions covered are specifically of interest to aviation industry. The variation pattern of monthly thunder days show that the lightning activity has well-detectable oscillatory pattern over the year. However, the pattern varies from region to region thus, as a single country Zambia experiences lightning almost throughout the year. We strongly recommend the installation of automated lightning detection system in the country to provide more accurate lightning ground flash and cloud flash density mapping. Such information will play a vital role in lightning safety and protection planning. IEEE (IEEE Xplore) 2014 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32676/1/32676.pdf Nyambe, Silumelume H. and Lubasi, Foster Chileshe and Gomes, Chandima and Gomes, Ashen (2014) Analysis of lightning occurence in Zambia. In: 2014 International Conference on Lightning Protection (ICLP), 11-18 Oct. 2014, Shanghai, China. (pp. 1919-1925). 10.1109/ICLP.2014.6973442
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description This paper presents analysis of human observations on thunder days in five regional centers in Zambia. The regions covered are specifically of interest to aviation industry. The variation pattern of monthly thunder days show that the lightning activity has well-detectable oscillatory pattern over the year. However, the pattern varies from region to region thus, as a single country Zambia experiences lightning almost throughout the year. We strongly recommend the installation of automated lightning detection system in the country to provide more accurate lightning ground flash and cloud flash density mapping. Such information will play a vital role in lightning safety and protection planning.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Nyambe, Silumelume H.
Lubasi, Foster Chileshe
Gomes, Chandima
Gomes, Ashen
spellingShingle Nyambe, Silumelume H.
Lubasi, Foster Chileshe
Gomes, Chandima
Gomes, Ashen
Analysis of lightning occurence in Zambia
author_facet Nyambe, Silumelume H.
Lubasi, Foster Chileshe
Gomes, Chandima
Gomes, Ashen
author_sort Nyambe, Silumelume H.
title Analysis of lightning occurence in Zambia
title_short Analysis of lightning occurence in Zambia
title_full Analysis of lightning occurence in Zambia
title_fullStr Analysis of lightning occurence in Zambia
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of lightning occurence in Zambia
title_sort analysis of lightning occurence in zambia
publisher IEEE (IEEE Xplore)
publishDate 2014
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32676/1/32676.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32676/
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